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The _____________ ____________ centered on the ________ _______________ attempt to cover up a burglary of the ______________ _______________ ______________ (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate office and _____________ __________ in Washington, D.C. - Answer-Watergate scandal; Nixon administrations; ...

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Watergate Nixon's Downfall Exam
Questions with Correct Answers
The _____________ ____________ centered on the ________ _______________
attempt to cover up a burglary of the ______________ _______________
______________ (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate office and _____________
__________ in Washington, D.C. - Answer-Watergate scandal; Nixon administrations;
Democratic National Committee; apartment complex

Many historians believe that ______________ truly began with the ________________
of Richard ________ and those of his __________, as well as with the changing role of
the _____________ - Answer-Watergate; personalities; Nixon; advisors; presidency

When Richard ________ took office, the ___________ ________-as a result of the
_______ _____________, World War _, and the ______ ____-had become the most
____________ branch of government. - Answer-Nixon; executive branch; Great
Depression; II; Cold War; powerful

In his book The ____________ ______________, the historian Arthur
_______________, Jr., argued that by the time Richard Nixon became president, the
_____________ _________ had taken on an air of __________, or __________,
____________ - Answer-Imperial Presidency; Schlesinger; executive branch; imperial;
supreme; authority

________ expanded the power of the presidency with little thought to
__________________ ________, as when the _______________ _______ for federal
programs that he __________, or when he ordered troops to invade ______________
without ___________________ ___________. - Answer-Nixon; constitutional checks;
impounded funds; opposed; Cambodia; congressional approval

What is meant by "imperial presidency"? - Answer-term used to describe a President as
an "emperor" who acts whithout consulting Congress or acts in secrecy to evade or
deceive Congress; often used in reference to Richard Nixon's presidency

Nixon's group of advisors included H.R ___________, White House ______ __ _____;
John _____________, chief _____________ __________; and John ____________,
Nixon's former ____________ ___________. - Answer-Haldeman; chief of staff;
Ehrlichman; domestic adviser; Mitchell; attorney general

They played a ____ _____ in Nixon's ____(y) election victory and now helped the
president direct ________ ________ ________. - Answer-key role; 1968; White House
Policy

, At _:__ A.M., ______ __ ____ (m/d/y), a _______ at the ___________ __________ in
______________, __.__ , caught _(n) men breaking into the ____________
______________ of the ____. - Answer-2:30; June 17, 1972; guard; Watergate
complex; Washington, D. C.; five; campaign headquarters; DNC

The burglars planned to photograph documents outlining _____________ _________
__________ and to place __________, or "_____," on the ________ _____________. -
Answer-Democratic Party strategy; wiretaps; bugs; office telephones

The press soon discovered that the group's leader, James ________, was a former
____ ________. He was also a ___________ ________________ for a group known as
the ______________ __ _________ ___ ______________ (CRP). - Answer-McCord;
CIA agent; security coordinator; Committee; to
Reelect the President

John ____________, who had resigned as ___________ _________ to run Nixon's
reelection campaign, was the CRP's __________. - Answer-Mitchell; attorney general;
director

Why would the Nixon campaign team take such a risky action as breaking into the
opposition's headquarters? - Answer-Wanted Nixon to win and would do anything/He
was scared of loosing

Workers shredded all _______________ _________________ in ____________'s
office. The ______ _________, with President Nixon's ________, asked the ____ to
urge the ____ to stop its _________________ into the ___________ on the grounds of
____________ _____________. - Answer-incriminating documents; Haldeman; White
House; consent; CIA; FBI; investigations; burglary; national security

In addition, the ___ passed out nearly $___,___ to the ___________ ____________ to
buy their __________ after they were indicted in ______________ ____ (m/y). -
Answer-CRP; 450,000; Watergate burglars; silence; September 1972

What steps did the White House take to cover up its involvement in the Watergate
break-in? - Answer-Shredded all incriminating documents/Get FBI to stop
investigating/Payed burglars to keep them quiet

Only the ________________ _____ and two of its reporters, ____ _____________ and
_____ _____________, kept on the story. In a series of articles, the reporters
uncovered information that linked numerous _____________ of the _______________
to the ____________. - Answer-Washington Post; Bob Woodward; Carl Bernstein;
members; administration; burglary

The _______ _________ denied each new _____ _____________. Upon learning of an
upcoming story that tied him to the burglars, John __________ told ____________,

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